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J. W. WABBEI, - - - Editor.
Monday Morning, April 4,1864.
A Bold Speech in the Federal Con
gress on the War.
Hon. William J. Allen, of Illinois, has jnst
delivered a speech in the Federal Congress on
the war and the state of the country. It is ft j
bold and fearless document, and exposes, with ;
unsparing hand, the corruption and infamy of
Lincoln and his party. The annexed extracts
from it afford a valuable page to the history
of this war, and doubly so when it comes as j
a voluntary contribution to the evidence of 1
the wicked spit it which thin war lias been
waged against the South : „
TBS PROFESSIONS OF THE NORTH AT THE OUT- j
BREAK or THE WAR. •
When the war broke out. the great cry at !
the North, was that it, was a war for “the
Union and the Constitution!” Mr. Allen, In
hia speech, produces 3ome interesting scraps
of history to show with what smooth and se
ductive professions the North attempted to
lull the South into a feeling of security.
Think of the crusade now being waged against
ilavery, and then read the following profes
■ions of the North, which Mr. Allen brings to
light from the occult archives at Washington :
Soon alter the battle of Manassas, and when
the panic was over, and Beauregard had failed
to occupy the capital, the House of Represen
tatives adopted the following resolution, in
troduced by Crittenden, with but two dis
senting votes:
“That this war is not w%ged in any spirit ot
oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or
subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or
interfering with the right3 or established in
stitutions of these States, but to defend ami
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
and to preserve the Union, with all the digni
ty, equality, and rights of the several States
unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease.”
A short time afterwards a similar resolution
was submitted to the Senate by Andrew John
son, of Tennessee, and, my recollection is,
unanimously adopted. But a few days before
this, on the 4th of July, 1861, the President
spoke to Congress as follows :
“Lest there be some uneasiness in t he minds
of candid men as to what is to be the course
of the Government toward the Southern States
after the rebellion shall have been suppressed,
the Executive deems it proper to say it will
be hie purpose then, as ever, to be guided by
the Constitution and the laws. He desires to
preserve the Government, that it may be ad
ministered for all, as it was administered by
the men who made it.”
About the same time a member of the Cabi
net, Hon. Caleb B. Smith, since deceased,
proceeded to Providence, in the State ot
Rhode Island, and addressed to the public the
following cheering words:
“The theory of this Government is that the
States are sovereign within their proper sphere.
The Government of the United States has no
more right to interfere with the institution of
slavery in South Carolina than it has to inier
fere with the peculiar institutions of Rhode
Island.
“My friends, we make no war upon South
ern institutions. We recognize the right of
South Carolina and Georgia to hold slaves if
they desire them.
“It is not the province of the Government
of the United States to enter into a crusade
against the institutions of slavery. I would
proclaim to the people of all the States ot the
Union the right to manage their institutions
in their own way.”
It was in this spirit, and about the same
time, that Mr. Seward issued his instructions*
to our representatives abroad, in which he di
rected them to make public avowal of the
purposes which would control the Govern
ment in prosecuting the war. In hi3 dispatches
to Mr. Dayton, our minister at the court of
St. Cloud, he used the following language :
“It is hardly necessary to add to this incon
testible statement the further fact that the
new President, as well as the citizens through
whose suffrages he has come into the admin
istration, has always repudiated all designs
whatever and wherever imputed to him and
them of disturbing the system of slavery as it
is existing under the Constitution and laws.
The case, however, would not be fully pre
sented if T were to omit to sav that any such
effort ou Ilia part would be unconstitutional, 1
and all bis actions in that direction would be
prevented by the judical authority, even
though they were assented to bv Congress and
the people." —lnstructions to Mr . Dai/ton in
1861.
THE WAR AS NOW WAGED.
Turning from the specious professions of
the North, at the outbreak of the wax, Mr.
Allen dwell? upon the shameless perfidy of
the Washington Government, and shows how
the war commenced under the cry of “the
Union and the Constitution has been con
verted into a crusade against slavery and a
war ot extermination and plunder against the
people of the South, He says :
We hare seen the rights of usurp
ed in Maryland and Deleware and in portions
of Kentucky We have seen their constitutions
and laws suspended by the edicts of the Pres
ident and his minions, the ballot box tram
pled into dust, and the slflush creatures ot
his favoritism foisted into office and honor,
not to represent the interests or the voice of
the people ot those states, not to discharge
the duties incident to thtj offices which they
obtained by a combination of fraud and force,
but to register and assist in executing the de
crees ot a master, whose slaves, violator of the
Constitution as he is, they ate totally uuwor
tby to be.
* * # .u.
Even here almost every house, except the
habitations ot contractors and abolitionists. I
has become the abode of bereavement, often
ot desolation ; taxation is grinding all da es j
except the petted plunderes of the Govern- j
raent and while- national and individual bank- :
J uptoy is impending, a more terrible doom is \
appreheuded and feared. We cannot, shut our j
eyes to the fact that the elective franchise is j
endangered,
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LINCOLN S MESSAGE.
Mr Allen is equally severe in his strictures j
on Lincolns Message. He says: j
By declaration he Simula couvicteii of Crim
inal hypocrisy iu regard to matters vital to
the existence -it the country ; and now, hav
ing thrown ott those restraints which were
for a while imposed olone by his timidity, he
unblu9hingly proclaims himself the arbiter of
States, and assumes to deal with their gov
ernments and the right and property of loyal
people with a sv\ ay more cruel au<l despotic
than is claimed tor any despot or monarch in
the world. * $ ■& . The
message was prepared by the President and
those who as his immediate advisers
with direct reference to a prolongation of the
war; and this desire to protract hostilities has
its object no other or higher aim than the rep
rehensible and criminal one of re-electir.c
him
LINCOLN 3 AMNESTY PROCLAMATION ’ EVEN
laughed at.
Lincoln’s amnesty proclamation or his “of
fer of pardon to the rebels.” as hi, friends are
pleased to -style it. excites even vidbnlc hi the
North. Mr. Alien alluding to it, remark :
The only answer most of them wilt „ (Kke to
his proposals, is that, of defiance. 1 rci>ont
that the President proposes terms to the peo
pl« of the South, which all sensible men must
know, that they will regard as degrading-.'
v/ he jackal* who follow the jarmy for the p ur _
plunder are no pan of the Southern
pie; and ihc Loyal Leagues' which they may !
Torm within military posts, 1 do not take into :
the account. Nor do I allude to those ex- ,
cresences upon the political and military sys
tem known as “military governors ’—such ad
ventures upon the hazard of a terrible civil
war as Johnson of Tennessee, and Hamilton,
of Texas. They have been I sup
pose, to “.govern tliose who hate them, just
as euuchs are appointed to guard the harem.
Each excites the disgusto; those who are com
pelled to endure their presence.
A “UAIO ’ INTO NORTH CAROLINA —A PICTURE OF
THE WAR FOR “THE UNION AND THE CONSTI
TUTION.”
Jlr. Alien, referring to a speech of liis col
league. Mr. Arnold, in which Mr. Lincoln was
associated with the Saviour of mankind, re
, minds him that the command of our Saviour
' was that servants should be "obedient to their
' masters,” and then presents to view the fol
j lowing picture of the war:
j but a few days ago, a Norfolk correspondent
! yf the New York Times wrote as follows in
j regard to a negro raid which General Butler
j caused to be made in North Carolina :
j “The material results of the raid may be
summed up as follows: Between two and
three thousand slaves were released from bon
dage, with whom were' taken along about
three, hundred and fifty ox. horse, and mule
! teams, and from fifty to seventy-five saddle
horses, some of them valuable animals. The
guerrillas lost tbmeeu killed and wounded ;
ten dwelling houses, with rnaDy thousand
bushels of corn belonging to them, were burn
ed, besides two distilleries ; four of the camps
were destroyed, and one of their number was
hanged, and one hundred rifles, uniforms, in
fantry equipments, etc., tell into our hands as
spoils, with the loss on the part of the brigade
of twelve- killed and wounded,, and one man
taken prisoner. Besides this, fourteen rebel
prisoners and loin hostages were brought in.
; “In regard Lo its moral ami political results,
however, the importance of the raid cannot
be over estimated. The counties invaded by
the c olored troops were completely panic
i stricken. Scores of families, for no cause but
i a guilty conscience, fled into the swamps on
’their approach. Never wata a'region thrown
into such commotion by a raid betore. Frond
scions of chivalry accustomed to claim (lie
mo and abject obedience from t heir daves, liber
ally fell on their knees before these armed and
uniformed blacks, and begged for their lives.
I was frequently asked how I, a citizen, dared
to trust myself among such incarnate demons.
‘What shall T do" to bp saved ?' was the ques
tion asked on every side.”
This raid, Mr. Chairman, is but a specimen
1 of the movements which have characterized
many ol our military- operations. Plunder,
wholesale aiid discriminate, upon the loyal
disloyal alike, if we may believe the corres
pondence published in our own papers, and
information derived from other reliable sources
has been so common and conducted upon a
scale 30 vast that it has become no longer a
matter of surprise. Tt is perpet rated in every
form, under the semblance of trade regula
tions, impressments by pretested levies upon
the disloyal, and by military orders which af
ford sulUicenl pretexts for those whose choice
pursuit is plunder. It is true that we hear
occasionally that such men as Butler aud Cur
tis have been suspended ; but the hungry cor
morants who seek plunder, and know they can
obtain it under the auspices of such men, are
not. long in having them restored to commands
where their cupidity may be gratified.
TUK CORRUPTION. AT WASHINGTON —THE WORK
OK SUTLER UNMASKED —HIS RECORD IN NEW
ORLEANS.
Leaving this raid, Mr. Allen proceeds to
speak thus of the wholesale and indiscrimi
nate plunder in this war, and particularly of
the infamy of Butler’s career-
The robberies under the reign of Butler at
New Orleans have been so palpable as to
shock the sensibilities of mankind. No prize
was too great, no inducement Uo £a. v
his enterprise bum me fit ate capitol to the
grave-yard, from the parlor to the kitchen,
his grasping hand was extended. All ac
counts agreethatthings have been done at New
Orleans under the dag of our’ country which
if not disavowed, will disgrace the Govern
ment in all coming time. I will mention one
instance, as it was published in the New Or
leans Era. That, paper is the organ of the
Administraii«i there—the most of the articles
are headed “by authority.” 1 will read the
Era’s report. It is in the following words:
“Confiscation of Tombstones. —There was
Qne splendid monument- a lately column or.
pyramid, intended to mark the spot where
rest the remains of Col. Charles D. Dreux, the
youtbtul orator who fell early in the war in
the command of a Contederate battalion.
This was constructed at the cost of fifteen
hundred dollarsmnd under the hammer of the
auctioneer it brought but one hundred dol
lars. Cheap monument, if the purchaser in
tended it for his own toomlj. There was an
other monument equal in size and beauty
which'brought only thirty dollars. Tomb
stones sold as cheap marble."
The whole world is familiar with the plunder of
costly mansions and large estate", with robberies
.u ohurohe and public institutions. From these
we turn to the pul,be sale of a Head man’s tomb
-t>,ne. Nothing seemed too high or low for the
robber's -grasp. The result is that, instead of a
restoration of law and order, the country occupied
W <>m armie - has jn many instances been given
over to pillage and plunder: ami'they who watched
the approach of our proud old nag as the Imrhim
gei ot peace t.,t>] now only upon a ruined country
and a pillaged people. The just aud considerate
portion ot our people will remember the barbari
ties, the pbameie.G robberies of this man who so
I suddenly rose from the ranks of his original seces
! s’iou li tends to the guide ot major general of vol
■ unteers; nor nil! they tWgef that'his fame rests
more upon the per: editions of the unarmed and
unoffending than the terror he has caused among
the rebels in tb; held. It is u<>w nearly- three
years since he donned tire Federal uniform. Dur
ing that time he bus planned Big Bet be! and
oihei imilar disasters'; but ho tins never, I
believe, been in personal danger, „r a party to the
most unimportant kirmish, although by alleged
violation.-* of 'be law" of civilized warfare he has
won f,o himself the outlawry of our enemies. This
has been his. chief military dr- I motion : and now,
alter a year of repose in New England, we find
him appointed i > an important command in Vir
ginia and North i tvobna. With a-cruelty quick
ened by public exposure, with his avarice sti.au- j
lated by the success of former pillaging, and with ;
h slavish subren .euey to those whose motives he
denounced for many rears ot his life, he is turned
loose upon t* rebellions people, who, whatever their
sins may be arc at least sincere in regarding him I
as a monster. Aud when, a tew days ago, a mem- j
her from New V .fk [Mr, Fernando Wood] sub
mitted a resolution Calling, for a committee to
inquire into his conduct, the Republican members
of thi 11-o! e. aided b\ one of the President's
military appointee-IV..m Ucutucky,[Mr. Anderson]
voted to suppress - the investigation; and it was
suppressed, and this man. whose career is coupled
with so many enures, i assured’of immunity, and
launches again, with renewed license upon’ addi
tional fields of plunder.
! Yop may declaim •. yon will of vour anxiety
j tor peace, hut with tlie President 1 ? programme of
i snlyrtgatuft; whole peoples and subverting the
Governments of States, and with such men u?
Butler dcspoiiiug whole eomnninities in the name
; of confiscation, we cannot believe you sincere:
and ij sincere, it hut demonstrates the utter unfit
ness of the pail, in power either to conduct the
war or admini ter the Government in times of
profouudest peace.
! LINCOLN’ MANIA FOR RE-ELECTION HE VISITS
THE “itOIiEL ARTISTS,*' AND IS NOMINATED BVA
LOOSE WOMAN.
J Mr. Allen emphatically confirms the rumor that
j Lincoln i? a candidate for another term, and tuat
1 hie minions aiv at work for him. Fie allude? thus
to ibis:
■ While all miiit tryoperation? arc suspended, and
>nn Aitnse- coui'i* lied ti# remain inactive because
oi therigor *»! winur. tha White House i? besieged
by au army of ials. whose surest passport to
I promotion is a blind and slavish admiration if him
who dispenses power and patronage. He hears
! nothing but from sycophants; heeds nothing
which is not laudatory of his reads
! “ o .‘ h “*K »’ ut *«ls.»me’prai3e- of his administrative
a HiticA and heartier. to no counsel which does
■ not assure turn of a re-election.
To such an extent does this uianti! lor re-election
eontrol hiui, that only a few evenings since he
attended a model artist’s exhibition in this hall,
at which an unsexed woman nominated turn tOJ
re-election. It was done in his personal presence,
amid the applause of the ladies and gentlemen
courtesans and contractors, parasites aud placemen
then and there assembled. While our sentinels
were freezing at their posts; while brothers were
perishing by slow degrees in a hostile, conflict,
rendered doubly appalling by the fury -of the
elements, the Chief Magistrate of the coun try
was in attendance at a political “Canterbury,”
where the chief and most ludicrous act was his
own nomination for re-diction. The performance
being unique, of course the attendance was large.
The chief political tfnvscusi proposed the name of
Abraham-Lincoln, as previously arranged by the
managers, and all the attaches said yea, as they
thought of their days of lengthened official repose
in Abraham’s bosom.
what may be Expected if i.tncoln is re-elected
—“SOCIAL PROGRESS” AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Mr. Allen gives the following vivid picture of “the
national capital” in the event of Lincoln’s re-elec
tion :
Should the people again elect “the honestest man
in Springfield 1 ’ to the Presidency , may we hopfe for
some change in the personnel of the Government ?
The brave and intreuid Snmner may yet command
the army of *he Potomac: Fred. Douglas may yet
succeed the irrepressible Seward; while the "politi
cal woman” may be installed as grand inspector of
the royal household. Doubtless when a few more
strong-minded women have gathered around the
capital, the avenue will emit a sweeter fragrance,
quite as delightful as the odor of the Presidential
mansion on New Tear’s day," when greasy negroes
were presented to the President amid the blandest
smiles of their fair countrywomen of American
descent. What American citizen, who witnessed
the animating scene, did not rejoice at the rapid
social progress the country has made under the rule
of Abraham the First! Our colored friends, who
under* former administrations dared not obtrude
themselves,at the White House, are now allowed to
be gallant to the estimable ladies of high officials,
while that high' functionary, the President, looks
approvingly upon the bewitching scene.
THE IMMENSE COST OF THE WAR—THF. NOBTH ON THE
VERGE OF FINANCIAL RUIN.
Mr. Allen speaks forcibly of the immense expen
ditures of the war, and the rapidly accumulating
debt of the North. He says:
There is a point of endurance beyond which even
nations cannot go—a precipice which they cannot
safely approach. I fear we are already standing at
its verge, beyond which the yawning gulf of social
and financial ruin awaits us all. A people hitherto
unaccustomed to taxation, with no knowledge of a
public debt but traditionary horror of its miseries,
is suddenly called upon to confront a national in
debtedness of over two thonsand millions! These
figures are startling, yet the sum is increasing at the
rate of more than two millions per day, presaging
inevitable paralysis and bankruptcy to all. No in
terest is too great, no industry too small, no invest
ment too secure, to escape the storm which is gath
ering and impending over us. The annual interest
upon our public indebtedness, at six per cent, per
annum, will amount to over one hundred and twenty
millions—nearly twice the amount of the ordinary
annual estimates of the expenses of the Govern
ment under former apministrations—nearly double
the sum of our annual average expenditures during
the administration which waged the war with Mex
ico. If we grant that this indebtedness has been
necessary or unavoidable, the figures still stare us
in the face, suggestive of a future financial crisis
which a wise statesmanship would seek to palliate
or avoid. Far off in the distant future, generations
yet unborn will bewail the load of debt which is
being entailed upon them by the madness of the
times.
A Volunteer Italy.
To the Press and People of Georgia and the Con
federate States.
We desire, very respeeffully, to make a short
appeal to the press and people of this councry in
behalf of our cause—in behalf of an enterprise
which all thinking men must know is eiW tb the
success of that cause. Especially do vve appeal to
the press to bring this matter prominently before
the capitalists' of the country. Without the aid and
hearty co-operation of the press there can be no
hope entertained for the success of the enterprise.
Hence, wo make this appeal directly and particu
larly to the press.
All are aware of the necessity" of a Confederate
Navy; and all must be particularly impressed
with the necessity’ which exists for its immediate
organization. What we now propose, in order to
expedite the success of our cause, is that the cap
italists—the patriotic, moneyed men of the country
—at opce organize and equip a Volunteer Navy.
The money is in abundance, and the field of work
is large and lucrative to those who will engage in
it. The government will give every possible fa
cility in the organization of such a Navy. In elu
cidation of this subject we submit the following
poijovfcp * %
Wf. Must have a Navy—
1. To assist us in bringing about, peace. A na
vy, by making captures of merchantmen on the
high seas, practically invades Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Lowell, aud all merebantdom of the
North—its success, even to a limited extent, re
sulting in making maritime insurance scarce and
hard to obtain, and ultimately driving underwri
ters entirely from the field, and cause the mer
chant lords of the North to tremble for their ill
gotten gains and sigh for peace. Thus it will at
tack the Yankee nation where it is most vulnera
ble.
2. To assist us in such treaty as we may make
with the Feuerals at the close of the war. They
hold many of our sea-coast cities and fortresses.
We must either recover them by a display of na
val powor or by giving an equivalent in the trea
ty- : and what man so blind as not to see that that
equivalent, when demanded by our enemies, will
fie special commercial privileges such as we cannot
allow and he socially independent.
•'I- To procure and preserve our nationality—for
no nation can be permanently politically free
which is socially dependent. We must make our
own manufactured goods to a great extent. We
must, as a nation, have diversity of labor and pur
suits. To do this successfully we must have our
own seamen and sail in our own bottoms, and un -
der our own flag.
We can have a Navy if the enterprising men of
rite country will move.
1. -The government will co-operate and facili
tate exchanges on foreign ports necessary to he
used in contracting for ships and equipments.
2. The investment is the best ip the Confedera
cy'. Thousands feel satisfied of it, and only need
a well-directed effort to combine the necessary cap
ital.
3. Our commercial men are the men to do this
work by organizing provisional boards, without
delay, to receive subscriptions for stock, and ap
pointing a day shortly in the future for subscri
ber? to meet and fully organize.
To make this practical in Georgia, and to move
without delay, will Thus. S. Metcalf, of Augusta,
L. P. Grant and MeNuugbt, Ormond & Cos,, of
Atlanta, J. 11. Washington and L. N. Whittle, of
Macon. J ames K. Redd, of Columbus, G. B. La
mar, of Savannah, A. I*. Dearing, of Athens, W.
B. Phillips, of Griffin, S. W. Swanson, of La
Grange, and other leading merchants and busi
ness men in Georgia, take the initiative in this
work ? If they will, 510.000,000 can be raised in
"Georgia in less than one month. —La Grange' Ile
port-rr.
A Problem to be Solved.
We are reminded by our Selma cotemporary
of the Dispatch that distribution of products
is the puzzling problem of Political economy.
Next to the solui ion of quasi ions immediately
involved in the war. ibis is to ua the greatest
problem of Hit* day—the one that most taxes
statesmanship. All remember how it | erplex
ed us under the old government, and that in
view of monelary prejudices and passions it
was really unmanageable. The main conflict
was here. Slavery was incidental to it. One
of the effects of this revolution will be to give
anew prominence to the natural law govern--j
ing the distribution of products. Distinct \
nationnlties will greatly mitigate, if not eu- J
irely remove the evils under which we have j
suffered.
Men are prone In expect too much from
tgoveruineut;, but what we may reasonably
expect is, that they will restore things to their
original channel? and let nature, which has
profonader instinct? than sralemen, enact
her own laws for trade and commerce. Na
tions require for their healthy developments
external checks no less than internal stimu
lants ; and hence perhaps it is Irue that dif
ferent nationalities on this continent creating
an iuter- community of influence and iu
tereat will be a great gain to our civilization.
One of the frozen roosters fount! hang*
ing by its claws to the limb of a tree, at
New Albany, Indiana, had his last crow
sticking eleven inches out of his mouth,
and frozen stiff.
TELEGRAPHIC!.
Heporu of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1803, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk s office ot I
the District Court of the Confederate States fin
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, April! 3.— Northern dates to the 31st
received.
A collision occurred on the 28th l in Charleston,
Coles county, Illinois, between theJKebel sympa
thizers and Unionists. Five of the latter killed and
twelve wounded. Two Rebels killed. A later sdis
pateh says the Rebels, 300 strong, entrenched Gal
lidia’s Mills, under eommand of the Sheriff. 400 men
; of the 53d Illinois regiment, were marching to at
; tack them. An attack in Mattoon was threatened
j by the Rebels from Shelby, Moutly county.
No other dates of importance.
Gold on the 30th, 164.
Atlanta, April 2. —The Nashville Union of the
27th contains interesting particulars of Forrest’s
advance into Kentucky,
Cairo dispatches of the 26th ult. state that Forrest
arrived on the 23d at Union City, and after driving
in the pickets, he destroyed the railroad bridge eight
miles from Columbus. Gen. Brayman, with several
regiments of infantry and artillery, went from fhiro
to within six miles of Union City, and learned that
Col. ilawkins, with 470 Tennessee cavalry, had sur
rendered; and the Confederates, after destroying
the fortifications, returned southward, taking their
prisoners with them. The Federal garrison at Hick
man was withdrawn. Gen. Brayman proposed tc
abandon Hickman anil Union City, as they were of
no present use Yankees.
New Orleans advices to March 19th state that Al
exandria surrendered to Porter’s fleet without oppo
sition. The Yankee cavalry advance occupy New
Iberia. Guerrilla* appeared ip the vicinity of Baton
Rouge, and had several skirmishes with the Fourth
Wisconsin mounted infantry.
Cairo advices to the 26th state that the fleet was
still off Alexandria.
Nothing definite from Banks and Steele, but it is
reported Banks was receiving considerable opposi
tion from the forces of Dick Taylor.
New York quotations of the 26th give gold at 69 }■{>■
The World has rumors from Washington that 4ie
entire organized militia of the North is to be called
into service for six months, to hold certain points
during the campaign against Richmond, which is
about to begin.
{fcßrowusville advices, via New Orleans March 19th,
report no prospect of a fight in Texas.
Nine French frigates had appeared oil" the mouth
of the river, and an attack on Matamoras was ex
pected.
Washington, March 25.—The Committee on the
Conduct of the War find no evidence against Gen.
Meade.
The President dismissed Col. Wolford, of Ky.,
from the service.
Knoxville, March 23.—The Government is issu
ing one thousand rations daily to indigent citizens.
They are required to go North within fourteen days,
or stop drawing rations.
Scouts report the rebels making active prepara
tions for an advance into Kentucky. There is no
doubt their cavalry is in good condition, and two
divisions of infantry have been mounted.
San Francisco, March 25—The Union State con
vention unanimously adopted a resolution praising
the administration and declaring Lincoln their first
choice for the Presidency, and endorsing t heir Con
gressional delegation.
Augusta, April 2.—The amount funded in this
city is $15,700,090.
Fayetteville, April 2.—The amount funded here
was $2,135,200. Bv disbursing officers, $120,622.
Richmond, April 2,—Snow to the depth of five or
six inches fell this morning, I’oMowed by rains. The
river is again rising.
The Herald of the 29th received. Dispatches from
Cairo state that Forrest attacked Paducah on the
afternoon of the 25th with seven thousand men.
Three attacks on the fort were repulsed, the rebels
leaving three hundred dead on the field. Four gun
boats opened fire on the city to prevent the rebels
from occupying it during the fight.
The rebels plundered stores of an immense quan
tity of goods. Several women were killed. Yankee
loss, 14 killed and 4f> wounded. The front part rs
the city was destroyed, including the hospital, gas
works, some of the finest buildings, the court house
and post office. Tne continental uninjured.
The rebels retired at night, and afterburning the
depot and the steamer Daeotah, (on stocks,) pro
ceeded in the direction of Columbus.
A telegram from Fort Smith says the army of the
frontier is in motion. Supposed destination North
ern Texas.
The House of Representatives laid on the table, by
a vote of sixty-three to forty, a resolution granting
the use of the Hall to (led. Thompson for a lecture.
Reorganization of the army of the Potomac is
rapidly progressing.
On the Bth, gold was
issue of gold certificates, it rallied, and closed at 66.
Wilmington, April 3. —The depositories here fig
ure up $4,906,700 funded.
Macon, April 2.—There was funded here $13,519,-
600, besides a large amount paid in by disbursing
agents.
Funded in Albany, (la., $1,496,900.
Special Dispatch to the Atlanta Register.
The enemy’s force at Ringgold Gap consists of
Bard's Division, McCord’s Brigade, Wilder’s mount
ed infantry—seven shousand in all.
There is great excitement on tire negro question
in the enemy's camps-. Meetings were held and
speeches made at night. Many speakers declare
their opposition to serving in tire ranks with ne
groes.
Petitions are sent to Grant to abolish negro en
listments, and to expel the blacks from the army of
the Cumberland.
The enemy drill constantly—have sham battles.
These facts demonstrate the purpose of Ihe enemy
-to fight at an early day.
Grant will make a flank movement to compel
Johnston to retreat. Bird.
To Ihe Associated Press North.
From Arkansas.
St. Loris, March 19.—Waldon, sixty miles south
of Fort .Smith, Arkansas, recently our advance post,
was burned by guerrillas a few nights ago.
Two steamers and a large supply train from Little
Rock arrived at Fort Smith.
The steamer Leon, laden with commhsarv stores,
‘ sunk in the Arkansas river about -Little Rock on
the 9th.
Gen. Price ha returned fronvMatanioras, Mexico,
where his recent furlough allowed him to go to visit
his family, lie now commands the rebel depart
ment of Arkansas.
Deserters continue to arrive inconsiderable num
bers.
Spurgeon on Negroes. —A London
correspondent of* the Witness, Indianapo
lis, sends to that Journal an account of* his
interview with the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon,
and says:
“Os course he inquired about the war
in America. Naturally enough, the con
versation turned upon the negroes, where*
upon Mr Spurgeon said: “We in England
are getting a little tired of the negroes—
we-are beginning to find them out. A
year or so ago a negro was quite a pet
with us, and when one came to us we made
much of him; but. now too manv of them
are coming—they eopie over in squads:
t they are very ignorant, and conceited; but
we are willing to help them to be free, to
give them money; but then we do not want
any more to do with them.”
Thousands of other people like Spur*
geon are coming to the conclusion that
there can be too much of a good thin»,
and after making the negro free, want
“nothing more to do with him.”— lll inn is
State Journal.
Col. J. J. Morrison, of the Ist Georgia
cavalry, who has been acting as brigadier
genera] of the 2d brigade, Georgia caval
ry, for some time past, has tendered his
resignation on account of ill health Brig
adier Geucral Iverson succeeds him in
Qommand.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J JACKSON, Local Editor-
Notice to Patrons.
After date we shall he compelled to make
a deduction of 33 1-3 per cent. Lorn Confederate
notes of the old issues above $5. Hundreds not
taken. Persons having business with this office
will bear this in mind.
March 26th, 1864.
See advertisement of John D. Gray & Cos.
who propose to exchange tor Conledeiate
Funds or Country Produce, Iron and Iron
Ware! “Fair exchange is no robbery’—walk
up, gentlemen, with your provisions.
The Militia. — Special attention is directed
to the advertisement of J. W. Robertson, Com
mandant Tost, in reference to volunteering ol
those subject to Militia duty, and the re-or
ganization of old militia companies tor local
defence. , ,
Tae Weather.—Our poetry aud eloquence
seem to have uo effect whatever on the weather.
Saturday was a cold, cloudy aud di 'agreeable day
—overcoats and fives are still in vo at. Notwith
standing this is the 4th day of April, the Spring
is backward aud.vegetation of all kinds wofaliy
behind. Altogether, the oldest inhabitant has no
recollection of ever seeiug the weather so freaky.
! Bain, wind and cold are the order of the day.
Who Ought the Fool Killer to have Taken ?
—That astute and far-seeing genius the Local of
the Enquirer, copies a paragraph from the Times
of Friday in reference to the incidents which gave
rise to the observance Os “All Fools’ Day,” in
which allusion was made to the 20th hook and 7th
chapter of the Koran, the 43d chapter of Job,
and the desire expressed to have some learned gen
tleman lecture ou the same for the benefit of the
“Wayside Home.” The aforesaid Local parades
this paragraph, and seconds the motion for an ad
dress, and even has the very gentleman in his eye,
who above all others is most suitable for the busi
ness. He wants it distinctly understood that the
Editor of the Times is to have credit for the idea,
and “not themilk-and-cider Local, who volunta
rily acknowledges the fool-killer has six chancesat
him.” Now the intelligent reader has long ere
this discovered that the article in question was
merely intended as an April Fool, hut the Local of
the Enquirer takes it all in dead earnest. It hap
pens that the hook of Job has only 42 chapters,
and the reference to the Koran is “all in your eye.’/
So we take it, Joe, that when you find a gentle
man to lecture on these particular passages, he
will, himself, he a suitable subject for the speedy
operations of the Fool Killer. Read your Bible
my son.
The Confederate Minstrels.— The concert
given by this troupe ou Friday* evening for the
benefit of Harry Moore, was very' largely attended,
and everything passed off very pleasantly. “Har
ry” performed his role with admirable tact, and
fully established his character as an excellent ne
gro delineator. The singing by Mr. Dan O’Brien
was excellent, and the performance of the troupe
generally quite spirited. The benefit must have
been an agreeable surprise to “Harry,” and showed
a high sense of appreciation by our pe pie for his
merits as an actor anil a soldier.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in the Confederate States, will hold their annual
meeting in Montgomery on 4th May next. Bish
ops Andrew, Pierce, Paine and Early are expected
to be present. Bishops Soule and Kavanaugh are
within the enemy’s lines, and though thoroughly
loyal to the South, will be unable to attend. They
are engaged in caring for the Church (what re
mains of it) in the border States. At same time
and place, the Missionary Board and the Publish
ing Committee will hold their annual meeting.
These meetings for consultation and business used
te be held in Nashville. A delegate from each of
the annual Conferences will meet, in joint session,
with the Bishops and Boards for advice and sug
gestion as to the interests of Southean Methodism.
This Council is a temporary expedient in lieu of
the General Conference, a quorum of which cannot
now be got together on account of the state of the
country on the border and in the trans-Mississippi
region, w’bieh embraces a large portion of the
membership. Thus, for a week or ten days, Mont
gomery will bo favored with- the social presence
and pulpit labors of about thirty of the most able
and distinguished ministerrs of the Methodist j
Episcopal Church in the Confederate States. —
Montgomery Adrertiser.
Sensible. — Governor Smith, of Vir
ginia, declines to certify in favor of the
exemption of justices of the peace where
they are under forty live years of age; he
is entirely satisfied that persons above for
ty five can be easily found who are fully
competent to the performance of the mea
gre duties which are left them by the ex
isting war. He has decided to exempt all
commissioners of revenue.
A married lady found her two sons quar
reling, and in hopes of putting an end to
their differences, uttered the following:
“You young rascals, if you don’t desist di*
rectly, I’ll tell both your fathers.”
* HEADQT ARTERS POST, I
Columbus, Ga„ April 2d, 1864. j
The attention of all persona between ltie age? of
seventeen and eighteen year.?, and between the ages
of forty-five and fifty year?, i? called to the follow
inj paragraph of General Order- No. train The
A. and Inspect. Gen’ls office, Riebnn.nd, V a.:
111. Any person liable to emollnaent under this
act may join any coinpan/ for local defence which
ha? been formed under General Orders No. 86, issued
—d June, I.B<io, for the war, or any other company
for local defence which has been accepted into the
service, and which, by the terms of its enlistment,
i.? liable to serve anywhere within the State; or
persons of this class may form new companies for
local defence and special service, under General
Orders No. 86, (l.Stkb for the war. and select their
own officers.
The undersigned will give persons wishing- tolorm j
companies for local defence under this order all as- ]
si.stance in his power, and would earnestly request
that such companies be organize*, and old compa
nies, organized under General Orders No. 86, 1868,
be filled up to the maximum number. The benefit
that would accrue to regularly organized eompanic.-
or battalion?, - liould the reserve corps ever be called
into active service, is too obvious to lie urged.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
4 lw CV>l. Comdg. Post.
Sun and Enquirer copy one week.
“ Sntlce to Planter* and ('on
sinner* of Iron A’
TV L will keep for sale, for Confederate fund? or
n exchange for country produce—such as Corn
1 odder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas. Potatoes, Tal
low, Buner, \\ heal or Hour—the following article?
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON:
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON:
lIOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES :
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP- J
TIOXS;
SUGAR -AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 10
TO 100 GALLONS; i
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rollins Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY Jt CO., 1
apr 3 ts Next to Xew Bridge,
■Hhadqv ai;ring E> kuuinij oci ici., i
HSfo.VAL DISTUK 1 fiK'OU.IA, H
Culuinhu', Gm.. flail It 31, D'flt.)
Pinedaut to Gctuqal Order- No -i. Adjutant aud
Inspector General's office, Richmond, Ya„ Uaroh
13th, JS64, all persons between tin ages of 17 and 18,
and 13 and -30, ill this District, arc re,mind to report
at these Headquarter.' for Enrollment.
The failure to eouipiy w ith ini- notice withiu 3L
days from thi- date) will subject (lie defaulter to a
liability to he called into the general service with
persons between Eighteen and Forty the, unless he
shall have a valid excuse therefor, to he judged of
by the Bureau of Conscription.
By order of
Capt, W. S. WALLACE,
Enrolling Officer.
J. A. LfcO.YARi), Ass t.
aid 1 :.0d
Enquirer copy 2ud
To The Patriotic Citizens ot Columbus and
Vicinity.
The great benefits which have attended the labors
of Relief Committees on the battlefield, in protect
ing and administering to the case and comfort of
the sick and wonded, have been forcibly illustrated
in some of the great battles of the present war. To
secure to our gallant soldiers the aid derived from
such associations the citizens of Columbus and vis
cinity are earnestly requested to unite in funning
one or more Relief Committes, who will hold them
selves in readiness to accompany the Reserve Med
ical Corps of this Post to "the front” whenevertba
occasion may demand.
Transportation for themselves and all articles for
the comfort of the sick and wounded will be fur
nished.
The articles me,sc necessary to be provided are
old linen lint, cotton hatting, bandages, lightwoodan
splints, tea, coffee, (ground; wine, brandy or whis
key, and such delicacies as may he usesul.
Any Committee which may be-organized can re
port itselt to this office, --o that the members, may
receive information when their service; will he re
quired.
Individuals desiring to form associations can re
poi t to this office, where a ut their names
will be kept until a zuflicientjuumber to organize it
Committee shall heireceived.
The obvious importance of such associations ren
der appeal? to ihe patriotism of the public unneues
?ary. GEO. B. DOUGLAS.
Sen. Surg. of Post.
Columbus, Ga., March 31,1864. —4t
Hew Bacon
AT RETAIL, at the lowed market price, by
H. EISHAOfcKR.
april 1 6t 104, Broad Street.
Copartnership.
npHE UNDERSIGNED have this day entered
X into a Copartnership uuder the name and
style of HANDSERD A AUSTIN, for tho transae
tion of a general Commission business.
Office No. 13, Broad Street.
JOSEPH IIANSERD,
THOMAS 11. AUSTIN.
Columbus, Ga., April 1,1064. —1 w
Shoe makers’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
f f\HE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manufacture of the above named articles in thi*
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a I few doors above C. S
Hospital. HARRISON,BEDELL & CO.
Reference—Mai. F. IV. Dili.ard.
Mobile Register, MDsissippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send hills
to this office,
mar 30 ts
SSO Reward.
RUNAWAY', on the 26th March, from my place in
Wynnton, a negro man named George, 23 years old
dark complexion, 7*feet 8 inches high, weighs abavft
160 lbs. had on a pair of cheek pants and a velvet
cap. Supposed to he in the neighborhood,
mar3otf JOHN COOK.
S2OO Reward.
CTOLEN from my pockets on Monday night last.
at the lower end or Broad street, a Pocket Buak.
contains ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS
in small bills, also a roll from my side pocket coif
taming NINETEEN HUNDRED LOLLARS. All
Contederate money. It was principally Fifties and
Iwenties. Ihe pocket book contained a Certificate
for two hundred dollars in lavor of Elisabeth Eason
which I had lundetl for her. I will|pay the above
reward lor the recovery of the money and certificate
m .on At* W. G. WOODS,
mot ,0 4t Russell county, Ala.
Wanted Immediately.
H 1^ FS qf al 1 kinds. Also Goat and Coon Skins.
Ihe highest price paid for Dog Skins
Apply to JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
„ OO 1?1* at lro - v actory Ware Rooms,
mar ot-
Enquirer and Sun copy.
Old Scrap Iron IVanlcd.
W E wish to purchase old Scrap Wrought Iron
’ „ JEFFERSON A. HAMILTON.
mar 29 fit
Enquirer and Sun copy.
Administrator’* Sale.
WILL be sold on Friday, Bth of April next at the
residenc e oi James G. Cook, deceased, hi Mils
cogee county, the personal property of said deceased
consistieg of: two mules, a cow and yearling wj*
tn”h° n r' K huggy,_eorn and fodder, household am.ll
kitchen lurniture, farming implements aud numer
ous articles, the land will also be rented if not
otherwise disposed ot before the day of sale. Terms
* s - c TAv.
Carpenter* Wanted.
r l'\\ LXf\ CARPENTERS to wort on the new
l Boat below the Navy 1 ard, for which the highest
wages will be given. A]>j>ly to
mar 15 ts JOSEPH HANSER ».
New Slave Mart.
THOMAS L. FRAZER & CO.,
bah-jum oj l.'raiij.uj, } vtizev and. Cos., Atluntu, (Ja.,
\ EI*HO HMtoK KICK,
Market Street, above Montgomery Hall,
NAVE fitted up. arid are now prepared toreeeivo
anti fiivommoii-ilc at their mart, all Negroes
win. h may be consigned to them. They will buy
anti ell on Commission, and forward proceeds witu
pt umptnew and dispatch. They keep constantly on
hand j large and well selected stock, su. h a?
Families. House Servants,
Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses,
Boy? arid Girls, of all description.-,
Carpenters, Black-mfths,
Shomakei?, Field lland*.
They respectfully refer to the following well
known gentlemen, viz:
Hon. John A. Elmore. Major J.L.Calhoun Will
iam Taylor A Cos., A. P. Watt. Sbular k Ardis
Montgomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman A Cos., Mobile’
Ala., Henry JL in hard A Bro., Savannah, Ga
THOS. L. FRAZER.
Montgomery. Ala.
A. FRAZER,
W. L. SMITH,
w xi t? . Auburn, Ala.
W. H. Fitts, Agent.
P. S.—City patronage respectfully solicited. Ail
orders carefully attended to.
mar 25 dim w iur
Office Mobile x\d Girlkd R. r„ i
* March 23, 1364./
• u f L e, \ S o t,, U iay , 26tb in?t„ the present Currency
Wiil be taken m payment for Freight and Passage
at the following rates. *
Five? at Par.
leu: lit Six dollar?.
te at fci v *, and ;l half dollars.
I tftU'- a,........... ....... .Thirty-two dollars.
One hundred dollar bills willnot be received
mar9l r J* M. FRAZER,
. m ar24t Treasurer.
To Those Interested.
Notice is hereby given to all parties having funds
in out hands, that thesamemust be withdrawn prior
to the Ist of April next, or under the law we shall
be com polled to return it, which will subject them
to a ins of thiriy-tkre? and a third percent, on the
annmnt. ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Columbus. Ga.. March 2d. If
Wood and Charcoal Want?d!
C. S. PISTOL FACTORY, t
l Columbus, Ga.. March 28, Is«A. >
WANTED to contract for delivery of v.M) three
hundred cord? of Woods and (4500) forty-five hun
dred bushels Charcoal.
! JAMES HARDING,
ni3r29 6t Caps, Artillery and Supt.
SIOO Reward.
STOLEN from my plantation on the Coluutbu? and
Glcnnville road, 13 mile,? from the citv. a tine
CIIhSNLT SORREL MARE, about 16 bauds high
flaxed mane and tail, blaze face and all white feet’
Ti»e left fore hoof is split and the -car has been
ra?ped. She had onhao shoes whea taken. The above
reward will be paid tor her delivery to me on my
place, or anywhere that I can get her.
uiai 28 ts . WILLIAM JONES.
Columbus Sun and Enquirer publish ts. and the
Ruiaula spirit of the £uuth 2t. W. JONES.